Protege Partners, LLC (protege)

Protege Partners, LLC, which manages around $3.5 billion,
is principally owned by Ted Seides, 37, and two other men,
CEO Jeffrey Tarrant, 52, and Scott Bessent, 45. Each has a strong
investment background, and two of the
three have worked with well-known market practitioners: Seides learned
the world of alternative investments under Yale's David Swensen;
Bessent worked with both George Soros and short-seller Jim Chanos.